Ten.Two Thousand, Six Hundred & Twenty-Two

1. Enough light to make my way back on the trail.

2. Moderate.

3. Each one is taking. so. long.

4. We must find another way to say what we’re saying.

5. Three-way calls to save your sanity.

6. Voice notes to save your sanity.

7. I stare off into the distance and see the shadows of the Mayacamas against a graying blue sky. To my left, a strip of vineyard on a hilltop I’ve never noticed before. To my right, a large swatch of tall, verdant trees.

8. 2024 Kongsgaard Albariño on ice. Ceviche, crudo, oysters, shrimp cocktail. I hold myself back from an order of fries.

9. There is this life and there is that life. Can’t I squeeze it all into one?

10. Hard to believe no one has died on these steps.